Watering-trough.



Y Patented Aug. 3o, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED DEG 3l 1909 E I A 4 0pm MM UNITED sTATEs PATENToiEEioE.I

SHERLIAN JEFFERY, OF MERIDEN, IOWA.

WATERING-TROUGH.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 30, 1910. Applicationtiled December 31, 1909.

Serial No. 535,853.

T o all whom 'it lmay concern:

Be it known that I, SHERMAN JEEEERY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Meriden, in the county of Cherokee and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tatering- Troughs, ofwhich the following is a specitication.

This invention relates to watering troughs and more particularly to thewater receptacle.

One of the primary objects of this inventionis the provision of meanswhereby the flow of water into the water receptacle is prevented, whilebeing cleaned without the necessity of employing other means than thoseused in automatically iilling the same.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a metal or othersuitable water receptacle that can be removed or replaced independentlyof the automatic filling means when the same is in inoperative position.

A still further object of this invention is the provision inclosed in awooden or other suitable housing that is provided with means to preventthe removal of said water receptacle when the automatic lling means isin operative position.

These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the trough illustrating the inventiontherein; and Fig. 2 is a top view of the trough showing the inventionpartly in full and dotted lines.

In the accompanying drawing, the numeral 1 indicates in general a woodenor other suitable housing which is composed of a bottom 2, sides 3 and4, ends .5 and 6, and top cross piece 7 at either end but in thisinstance is secured at the end 5 of the housing. Passing through thesaid cross piece 7 at any suitable point, thereon is a water conduit 8on the outlet end 9 of which is screwed a cap 10 having a valve seat 11in which is adapted to work a rubber or any suitable valve 12. Thisvalve is suitably connected by a rod 13 to a lever le which is pivotednear its center as at 15 to a bracket 16 supported on the under side ofthe said cross piece 7. The outer or free end 17 of said lever isslidably held in a slot 18 formed in a bracket 19 while its oppositeend. 20 extends upwardly into a slot 21 formed in a lid 22 and hassuitably secured thereto of a water receptacle partlyl a coil spring orany other suitable means 23 which links the same to a iioat 21 that hasarms 25 extending to brackets or any other pivotal means 26 secured tothe under side of said lid 22. Said lid which is hinged to the saidcross piece 7 as at 27, is provided upon its under side at any suitablepoint with a clip 2S having a downwardly projecting lug 29, which isadapted to engage a rod 30 of any desired length but in the presentinstance, extending from one side to the other of a metal or any othersuitable water receptacle 31. This water receptacle which isconsiderably less in length than the said housing, is inclosed at theend containing the feeding and retaining mechanism by the said housingand lid heretofore described, while beyond the free end of the said lidthe same is open as at 82 to allow the cattle to obtain water therefrom.To prevent the cattle from raising the said lid, catches or othersuitable means 33 are provided. In order to remove the metal waterreceptacle from the said wooden housing, it is necessary to open the lid22 on its hinges to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1 therebyexerting an upward pull through the spring 23 on the end 20 of saidlever 14, which in turn pulls down on the valve 12 and closes it. Afterthe lid has released the water receptacle and closed the valve se-vcurely, the said water receptacle is pushed as close as possible to theend 5 of the wooden housing then it is raised as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 1 after which the same is readily removed withoutinterfering with or having to detach any of the automatic fillingmechanism from the hous- That I claim is 1. In a watering trough, thecombination of a removable water receptacle, a housing containing saidreceptacle and formed longer and wider than said receptacle, a lid tosaid housing and partially covering sai receptacle, means carried bysaid lid to lock said receptacle from movement in said housing when saidlid is closed, and means to secure said lid.

2. In a watering trough, comprising a removable water receptacle, ahousing partly inclosing the same, a hinged lid secured to the saidhousing, means on said hinged lid and water receptacle to prevent theremoval of the latter, and an automatic water supplying means adapted toregulate the iiovv of water to said Water receptacle When said means onsaid lid and Water receptacle are in operative position.

3. In a Watering trough comprising a removable Water receptacle, ahousing partly inclosing the same7 a hinged lid secured to said housing7means on said hinged lid and Water receptacle to prevent the removal ofthe latter7 and an automatic Water supplying means adapted to stop theflow of Water into the said Water receptacle when the means on saidhinged lid and Water recepta- Cle are in inoperative position.

4. In a Watering trough comprising a reinclosing the same, a Watersupplying conduit adapted to extend Within said housing, means adaptedto control the supply of Water to said receptacle by the level of theWater therein and means said Water supply when said Water receptaele isto be removed.

In testimony whereof I ailiX in presence of two Witnesses.

SHERMAN JEFFERY. lVitnesses E. C. HERRICK, IV. K. HERRICK.

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